Darma valley about 2,900 m
Nagling Village, Darma valley: Height, Weather and the Road
Nagling is a village in the Darma valley of Pithoragarh district, at about 2,900 m, 58 km by road from Dharchula. One of three Darma Vibrant Villages, with Dantu and Dugtu; KMVN sent the state a Rs 22 crore plan for the three, including homestays, in Feb 2026.
Amar Ujala, 14 Feb 2026
Nagling in numbers
- Height
- about 2,900 m (9,510 ft)
- Valley
- Darma valley, Pithoragarh district
- From Dharchula
- 58 km by road
- From Pithoragarh
- 146 km by road
- From Delhi
- 626 km by road
- Coldest month, January
- −12 to 1 °C
- Warmest month, July
- 12 to 18 °C
- Nights below freezing
- 189 a year
- Wettest month, July
- 630 mm of rain
- Stays listed here
- 1
Is the Darma valley road open now?
As of
Open in winter: the road to Dantu is driven by 4x4, with families in the villages
- Winter
- Families stay on in Dantu and Dugtu through the winter, and the road from Dharchula is driven in local 4x4s with hill drivers, in snow. Our Panchachuli Base Camp Expedition stays at Darma 360 in Dantu every Friday to 18 December, and at Christmas, 22 to 28 December. (Adi Kailash Explore's team in Darma, 6 November 2026)
- The road
- The road from Sobla reaches Dugtu and Dantu. It reopened on 8 September 2026, light vehicles first, after the monsoon had cut the valley off on 5 September. Earlier this year it closed for an avalanche between Baling and Dugtu (2 April) and for rockfalls at Pangbawe (7 to 9 June, 21 July). (Amar Ujala, 8 September 2026; Amar Ujala, 5 September 2026; Amar Ujala, 3 April 2026; Amar Ujala, 10 June 2026)
- Permits
- The district's online permit covers Adi Kailash and Om Parvat only, and no official rule for Darma is published. Reports differ on whether Indian travellers need one for Darma: carry government photo ID, and ask us for your dates. (The district's permit portal, checked 21 October 2026; AajTak, 14 June 2026; ETV Bharat, 3 April 2026)
The position changes with the weather and the district's orders. Ask us on WhatsApp where it stands today
The whole valley, its homestays and how to reach it: the Darma Valley guide
Weather in Nagling now, and the next 7 days
The forecast is for the village's own height, refreshed through the day. Highs and lows are in °C; times are IST.
Naglingabout 2,900 m
0°CFog
Now, 18:58 IST · wind 4 km/h
- Clear1° −6°Dry
- Light sleet showers7° −10°1.5 mm
- Light snow showers4° −11°2 mm
- Light sleet showers6° −14°0.9 mm
- Partly cloudy4° −11°Dry
- Mostly clear8° −8°Dry
- Mostly clear9° −6°Dry
Forecast for about 2,900 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
The valley's weather, 10 days ahead and by month: Darma Valley weather
Weather in Nagling by month
Nagling is coldest in January, when days reach 1 °C and nights fall to −12 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 18 °C by day and 12 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 189 times a year, on most nights from November to April. Snow falls on about 47 days a year, mostly from November to April. The monsoon brings 630 mm of rain in July; November and December are the driest months, with 27 and 40 mm.
| Month | Day °C | Night °C | Rain mm | Snow days | Frost nights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | −12 | 107 | 13 | 31 |
| February | 2 | −10 | 125 | 13 | 28 |
| March | 5 | −7 | 103 | 11 | 30 |
| April | 9 | −2 | 79 | 2 | 24 |
| May | 13 | 2 | 99 | 0 | 8 |
| June | 17 | 8 | 263 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 18 | 12 | 630 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 18 | 12 | 587 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 16 | 8 | 228 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 12 | 1 | 49 | 0 | 12 |
| November | 8 | −4 | 27 | 2 | 26 |
| December | 5 | −8 | 40 | 6 | 30 |
The road to Nagling
Nagling is 58 km by road from Dharchula, 146 km from Pithoragarh, 331 km from Haldwani and 626 km from Delhi, measured on OpenStreetMap's road network.
Where to stay in Nagling
One stay is listed here, from the source named under it. Rooms, rates and seasons change: ask us before you travel.
- Rajendra Singh Homestay. Homestay. Listed on UTDB's homestay booking site under Pithoragarh (39 listings in all, read 29 Sep 2026); address as listed: 'Village Nagling, City - Dharchula'; list card price Rs 1,000 per night (default search 2 adults, 1 room, 30 Sep-1 Oct 2026). Detail page: 4 Standard Double Bedrooms; Rs 1,000 per night for 2 adults,… Source: Uttarastays, UTDB's homestay booking site ('An Initiative taken by Uttarakhand Tourism Development Board'), checked 29 September 2026.
Worth knowing about Nagling
- The road first reached Nagling in 2016, 40 km from Tawaghat. (The Tribune, 2016)
Near Nagling
The nearest places on the map, as the crow flies; the road is longer.
- Baling, Darma valley, about 3,120 m: 4.2 km away
- Sela, Darma valley, about 2,530 m: 4.7 km away
- Bon, Darma valley, about 3,260 m: 7.3 km away
- Son, Darma valley, about 3,200 m: 8.1 km away
- Dantu, Darma valley, about 3,150 m: 8.8 km away
- Go, Darma valley, about 3,200 m: 9.6 km away
- Sobla, Darma valley, about 1,870 m: 12.6 km away
- Dar, Darma valley, about 2,100 m: 12.6 km away
Expedition 01, our 4x4 convoy from Delhi from 13 to 19 November 2026, drives this road.
Questions travellers ask about Nagling
Nagling stands at about 2,900 m (9,510 ft) above sea level, read from a 90 m elevation model at its map point.
58 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; from Delhi it is 626 km and from Haldwani 331 km.
Nagling is coldest in January, when days reach 1 °C and nights fall to −12 °C on average; July is the warmest month, 18 °C by day and 12 °C at night. Nights drop below freezing about 189 times a year, on most nights from November to April.
Yes: snow falls on about 47 days a year, mostly from November to April, on the 1991 to 2020 averages.
Listed here: Rajendra Singh Homestay. Each listing names its source below; ask us before you travel, as rooms and rates change.
How we made this page
Every figure here comes from data and is filled in each time the page is built: the map point from OpenStreetMap node/6520193505 ('Nagling'); the height from Copernicus GLO-90 via Open-Meteo at the point, rounded to 10 m (stop-altitudes.mjs); road distances from OpenStreetMap through the OSRM router; the weather from the Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis, 1991 to 2020, through Open-Meteo, set to the height of the place. If anything here is out of date, tell us on WhatsApp and we will correct it.
About Adi Kailash Explore
Adi Kailash Explore (adikailash.io) is a tour operator based in Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand, that specialises in one route: Adi Kailash and Om Parvat, the Darma valley and Munsiyari. It runs departures from Delhi, Haldwani and Pithoragarh, and its team files the Inner Line Permit for every Adi Kailash traveller at SDM Dharchula. It is recognised by Uttarakhand Tourism, certified by MSME, Govt. of India (UDYAM-UK-09-0012927) and verified on the NIDHI Portal, and was founded by Vinay Verma. Why travel with us
